Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete: Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931534993 ISBN 13: 9781931534994

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory), 2019

Synopsis

This book brings together for the first time scholars working on the Bronze Age settlement patterns and material culture of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, a region that actively participated in the coastal and maritime trade networks of East Crete. During the past few decades, while various archaeological projects focused on the northern isthmus, the Ierapetra area remained largely neglected and unknown, a terra incognita. Yet, new excavations at Gaidourophas, Anatoli Stavromenos, Chryssi Island, Bramiana, and the ongoing research at the site of Myrtos Pyrgos are showing that the coastal area of Ierapetra was a vibrant and thriving settlement landscape during the Bronze Age. Far from being simply on the periphery of the major Minoan centers, the southern Ierapetra Isthmus played important roles in the cultural dynamics of Crete. Aiming to be the first building block in the development of an archaeological understanding of the region of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, this book presents the status of the discipline and indicates future research trajectories.

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PhD; classical archaeologist and Adjunct Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Arcadia University

PhD; Asst. Prof., Classical Studies, Tulane University

Edition details

• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1931534993
• ISBN 13: 9781931534994
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 166
• Editor: Chalikias Ph.D. Konstantinos, Oddo Emilia